DIY Kitchen Art - Eat well, Travel Often

I've been debating what to put over our kitchen table for a long time now.

I'm sick of staring at our wedding pictures and I feel like people are just freaked out when they walk into our place.. it's like a shrine of ourselves. So a wedding pic/wall collage was a no.

I also considered just a random collage of items but I feel that because our apartment is already pretty small, it would be best to just go with something that is simple. But fun, of course.

Then, I wanted something "food-ish" or related to the kitchen.. and then I saw this quote on Pinterest and knew exactly what I would do!

So I took this old canvas I had and spray painted it white. I didn't let it dry for a day (I only waited about an hour- which I should NOT have done- the paint ended up leaking through the paper I put on top) Then I cut out letters from paper that I printed out and put the cut-out paper over the canvas. Then I spray painted over it all with gold. I peeled off the paper and hung it up. I think it looks pretty good!

Sorry for the messy table... that was a long day!

DIY Anchor Wall Art

I wish I had taken more pictures, but I was so excited to just finish this project that I went ahead and did it all without thinking to whip out my camera so you guys could see the process .Oh well. What can I do now?

Here's one of my latest DIY projects. I had this piece of art from our wedding that was driving me crazy. I didn't like it and it just wasn't cute. So, I decided to change it. 

It was a block of wood, so I spray painted it with this Rust-Oleum Professional high performance enamel spray paint. It comes out super shiny and covers really well. I let it completely dry for one day. Then I printed out an anchor online that was the right shape and size I wanted for my piece. I cut it out and kept the paper remaining. I put it down over the white surface and taped it on. Then I took my Rust-Oleum Metallic (Gold) spray paint and sprayed over the opening. 

Afterwards, I used painters tape and taped off about 1" from the edges and covered the inside of the piece with newspaper. Then I spray painted the edges and let it dry. And whala! New piece of art for pennies! Plus, I LOVE it. 

Eating Healthy on a College Budget

I haven't been on the blog for a while, but I just made this chart for my work, and I wanted to be able to reference back to it.

It's a list of healthy foods that cost around the same, if not less, than a package of Ramen Noodles. Now, I literally have no excuses! Happy eating!